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August 06, 2013

Big Brother is watching you!

With Zuma's Epilepsy, I've never really felt comfortable leaving him alone at home. I was always wondering if he was okay, always worrying, always anxious to get home.

Obviously there is no way I can be with him at all times (someone has to be part of bringing home the bacon to afford all of his vet bills...haha), so we did the next best thing: We got a security camera!

It's amazing! It only cost $80 and we can now watch him wherever we are by accessing it through the internet or Katie's phone. Not only that, but it has night vision and we can hear everything that's going on at our house and even speak to the dogs if need to.

We usually lock one dog in the kitchen with access to the dog door and the other one in the living room with access to the rest of the house. At lunch time, we swap them. So when Zuma was MIA for like an hour the other day, I started to call him over the camera and sure enough, he came inside to see what's up!

Last week, we also had to find out what else is happening while we're at work. Apparently Cosie got smart on us and decided he didn't like to be locked in the kitchen and pushed open the dog gate that separates the two areas (you can see it in the right hand corner of the first picture) and would much rather take a nap on the couch. You can imagine my surprise when I checked the camera and all of the sudden I had two dogs on my screen instead of one:Letzte Woche hatten wir ausserdem die Gelegenheit herauszufinden, was sonst noch passiert, während wir bei der Arbeit sind. Offenbar fand Cosie es nicht gerecht, dass er in der Kueche eingesperrt war und beschloss den Zaun, den wir fuer die Hunde aufgestellt haben um sie zu trennen (man kann ihn oben rechts im Foto sehen), aufzustossen, um ein Nickerchen auf der Couch zu machen. Ihr koennt euch bestimmt vorstellen, wie ueberrascht ich war, als auf meinem Bildschirm ploetzlich zwei Hunde anstelle von einem zu sehen waren:

And remember when a few weeks ago I said that I wish I had a camera to see what the cleaning lady is doing? Well, let's just say she saw the camera and the house has never been cleaner! And we get to keep all of our toilet paper too!Und ihr koennt euch vielleicht daran erinnern, dass ich vor ein paar Wochen sagte, dass ich wünschte, ich hätte eine Kamera um zu sehen, was die Putzfrau tut? Nun, lasst uns einfach mal festhalten, dass sie die Kamera sah und das Haus noch nie sauberer war! Und wir vermissen nun auch kein Toilettenpapier mehr!

I bet you feel a bit better about leaving Zuma at home now! Too funny that the cleaning lady saw the new addition and you now can keep your toilet paper ;) We got a camera around a year ago and we love it! ;)